JEFFERSON CITY — To appoint, or to elect? The question is reverberating around the Missouri Capitol, where puzzling out how a midterm opening in the lieutenant governor's office should be filled has taken on new urgency as the current officeholder prepares to start his third term while also seeking a seat in Congress.
Questions surround process for replacing lieutenant governor
Saturday, January 12, 2013 | 4:27 p.m. CST;
updated 4:58 p.m. CST, Saturday, January 12, 2013
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